Comments on: Reality Checkout

By: Sido

Sido — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:47:18 +0000

15 reasons why MS owns apple: http://ifaq.wap.org/computers/msownsapple.html
CHECK IT OUT

By: 16

16 — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:31:45 +0000

Would be dangerous to rely on the credits to a movie for current information.
MS owns zero percent of Apple

By: Str33tplayer

Str33tplayer — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:05:49 +0000

at the end of “Pirates Of Silicon Valley” movie on Steve and Bill it does say:
“Microsoft now owns part of Apple”

By: lbw

lbw — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:27:16 +0000

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081102048.html
another example of why apple will always be second to M$

By: Geir Werner

Geir Werner — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:28:58 +0000

Mark ; you´re right. Theonly reason Microsoft HAD to support Apple was to avoid Apples bankrupcy. That would be a big problrm for M$. Gates is a briliant chessplayer, but a visionary he has never been.Remember his book “The road ahead” published in 1997 ? It didn´t mention the internet as an importarnt area in the futuretechnoly landscape !! Of course in the next editiions they put more and more in. Thats the difference between a visionary and a revisionary. Gates and Jobs – who is who ?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:42:01 +0000

As far as I understand it Microsoft had to put some money into Apple to keep Apple alive. Otherwise Microsoft would have been in trouble for having too much of the market.
Apple has now bought out Bill Gates I think.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 26 May 2005 11:43:24 +0000

“In other words, Microsoft owns 18.2 million shares”
Funny, Microsoft is not even on the radar of largest stock holders.
What you miss in your report is that Microsoft converted the preferred stocks AND SOLD THEM at a big profit.
The original agreement was that MS could not convert the preferred stocks and sell for 3 years, a deal which expired in 2000. In 2000 they converted AND SOLD.
Capish?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=aapl

By: John Macías

John Macías — Mon, 09 May 2005 14:48:27 +0000

From Apple’s 2003 SEC filing:
“In August 1997, the Company and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) entered into patent cross license and technology agreements. In addition, Microsoft purchased 150,000 shares of Apple Series A nonvoting convertible preferred stock (“preferred stock”) for $150 million. These shares were convertible by Microsoft after August 5, 2000, into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $8.25 per share. During 2000, 74,250 shares of preferred stock were converted to 9 million shares of the Company’s common stock. During 2001, the remaining 75,750 preferred shares were converted into 9.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock.”
In other words, Microsoft owns 18.2 million shares of VOTING common stock in Apple Computer

By: Taramon

Taramon — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:16:18 +0000

ACtually we will all be owned by WalMart in the end….

By: Mahalis

Mahalis — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:36:32 +0000

“no doubt, mac users are smart, witty, and charming; pc users are complete idiots”; blacks are thugs; asians are workaholics; indians are restaurant owners..
Do you really -believe- your own generalizations or are you just trolling?